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Contents Introduction. Trauma, News, and Narrative: The Study of Violence and Loss in Journalism and Fiction 1 1. Stories of Harm, Stories of Hazard: Childhood Stress and Professional Trauma in the Careers of Journalist-Literary Figures 24 2. Trafficking in Trauma: Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, and Sensationalism as a Spur to Social Justice 79 3. Trauma in War, Trauma in Life: The Pose of the “Heroic” Battlefield Correspondent 114 4. Depression, Drink, and Dissipation: Dysfunctional Lifestyles and Art as the Ultimate Stimulant 161 Epilogue. New Challenges, New Treatments: Trauma and the Contemporary Journalist-Literary Figure 192 Appendix 199 Notes 211 Index 235 ...